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Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping congratulated Javier Milei on his election as president of Argentina.In his congratulatory message, Xi said that China and Argentina, both major developing countries and emerging economies, have been committed to mutual respect, equality and...

Hong Kong: An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 jolted Halmahera, Indonesia, at 0248 GMT on Wednesday, the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences said.The epicenter, with a depth of 120.0 km, was initially determined to be at 1.73...

Sydney: More than 20 people have been arrested following a pro-Palestinian protest overnight Tuesday in a suburb of Sydney in Australia, police said on Wednesday.Approximately 400 people carried out "unauthorised protest activity" at Port Botany Tuesday night and blocked...

Beijing: China's meteorological authorities on Wednesday renewed a yellow alert for a cold wave, forecasting temperature drops and gales in some parts of the country.From Wednesday to Friday, temperatures are expected to drop by 6 to 10 degrees Celsius...

Incheon, South Korea: The remains of 25 Chinese soldiers killed in the 1950-53 Korean War were casketed in South Korea on Wednesday to be sent back to their homeland.The ceremony to lay the 25 remains in coffins was held...

Tripoli: Up to 662 illegal migrants were rescued off the coast of Libya in the past week, the International Organization for Migration said on Monday.On Nov. 12-18, 662 migrants were intercepted and returned to Libya, the UN migration agency...

Mexico City: At least nine people were killed and four others wounded in a series of shooting clashes Monday morning in the city of Cuernavaca, capital of the central Mexican state of Morelos, authorities said.The Cuernavaca Secretariat of Citizen...

Nanjing: Seven people were killed in a factory fire in east China's Jiangsu Province on Monday, according to local sources.The fire broke out in the Tiantianrun Textile & Technology Co., Ltd. in the city of Wuxi at about 6:30...

Rio de Janeiro: At least seven people were killed and three more still missing due to heavy rains in southern Brazil, the Civil Defense said on Sunday.The heavy rains left at least four dead and two missing in...

Canberra: Australians have been offered the opportunity to vote on the name of the country's first moon rover.The Australian Space Agency (ASA) on Monday announced a shortlist of four names for the rover, which were chosen from over 8,000...